/*
 *  Copyright (C) 2007 Daniel Jackson <carpman@voidptr.org>
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 *
 *  Author : Daniel Jackson <carpman@voidptr.org>
*/

using System;using System.Text;

namespace PortaMIME
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for all MIME type sources.
    /// </summary>
    public interface TypeDatabaseSource
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a MIMEType object with informaiton on the file extension in question.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="extension">Extension to look up information for.</param>
        /// <returns>MIMEType object containing the relevant MIME information.</returns>
        MIMEType getTypeForExtension(string extension);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a string containing the extension for a given mime type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">MIMEType object containing the information for the MIME type to look up.</param>
        /// <returns>A String containing the file extension associated with the MIME type.</returns>
        string[] getExtensionForType(MIMEType type);
    }
}
